brb getting a tattoo that says "The Hammock District"
January 15, 2016 12:48 PM Subscribe
Reminds me of one of my favorite possessions, a book of all the books ever featured on the Simpsons. It's a (yellow) thing of beauty.
posted by wemayfreeze at 12:51 PM on January 15, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by wemayfreeze at 12:51 PM on January 15, 2016 [7 favorites]
This is one of my favorites. No, money down.
posted by drezdn at 12:54 PM on January 15, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by drezdn at 12:54 PM on January 15, 2016 [8 favorites]
Whoever eventually invents the first fast, effective, affordable tattoo removal system is going to make an ass-ton of money.
posted by gottabefunky at 12:54 PM on January 15, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by gottabefunky at 12:54 PM on January 15, 2016 [7 favorites]
Although that Escher-esque Lisa one is pretty neat.
posted by gottabefunky at 12:55 PM on January 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by gottabefunky at 12:55 PM on January 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
My next tattoo is more than likely going to be the Space Coyote from "The Mysterious Voyage of Our Homer".
posted by Diskeater at 12:57 PM on January 15, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by Diskeater at 12:57 PM on January 15, 2016 [7 favorites]
I can't believe that Lenny-as-Lemmy one has even had time to heal yet, but I love it.
posted by Navelgazer at 12:59 PM on January 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
posted by Navelgazer at 12:59 PM on January 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
I hope the future will bring semipermanent tattoos - I love the look of sleeves on other people, but I don't know if I will on me five years later. Sometimes I think of all the 'profound' things I would have picked for a Tattoo ten years ago and cringe a little.
posted by mippy at 12:59 PM on January 15, 2016
posted by mippy at 12:59 PM on January 15, 2016
I kind of want a Mr Sparkle, though.
posted by mippy at 12:59 PM on January 15, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by mippy at 12:59 PM on January 15, 2016 [5 favorites]
My next tattoo is more than likely going to be the Space Coyote from "The Mysterious Voyage of Our Homer".
Yeah a lot of the trippy stuff from that one would be really good too. I was just pondering some variation on this today. I am in major tattoo mode after a few years off so I may make some questionable decisions though.
posted by yellowbinder at 1:01 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Yeah a lot of the trippy stuff from that one would be really good too. I was just pondering some variation on this today. I am in major tattoo mode after a few years off so I may make some questionable decisions though.
posted by yellowbinder at 1:01 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
No one who speaks German could be an evil man!
posted by zamboni at 1:03 PM on January 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
Dammit, I actually wanted to get this one.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 1:04 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 1:04 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
This Lenny/Carl is my favorite Simpsons tattoo I've ever seen.
Now, in color!
posted by zamboni at 1:05 PM on January 15, 2016
Now, in color!
posted by zamboni at 1:05 PM on January 15, 2016
I love this, tattoos, The Simpsons, and the Wu, but is there a connection between the last two other than their golden eras overlapping? There were a lot more Simpsons Wu-bats in there than I was expecting.
posted by Kreiger at 1:09 PM on January 15, 2016
posted by Kreiger at 1:09 PM on January 15, 2016
Actually, no, this is a thing of beauty
I'm assuming this was meant to go here.
posted by zamboni at 1:12 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
I'm assuming this was meant to go here.
posted by zamboni at 1:12 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
These are really excellent tattoos.
posted by a halcyon day at 1:12 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by a halcyon day at 1:12 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
I love this and want it as a cross-stitch pattern or something.
posted by mippy at 1:13 PM on January 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
posted by mippy at 1:13 PM on January 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
I just want Gil, taking up my whole back.
posted by drezdn at 1:14 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by drezdn at 1:14 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Some are really good, but the not-faithful to original image sort of reinterpreted ones with like, a semi-realistic rose are, like, why?
posted by signal at 1:15 PM on January 15, 2016
posted by signal at 1:15 PM on January 15, 2016
I can't believe how many throwaway gags there are here, and that there are not one, but TWO of Jasper in the little kid Sunday best outfit with the lollipop.
posted by majuju at 1:18 PM on January 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by majuju at 1:18 PM on January 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
These are mostly terrific. Great as that episode was, though, I can't imagine having a giant "DIE BART, DIE" on my back forever. God forbid you should take up with someone named Bartholomew. Awkward.
posted by the sobsister at 1:23 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by the sobsister at 1:23 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Is there a term for kind-of admiring someone while admitting you'd never, ever do what they did? Because that's how I feel about the person with a tattoo of Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo.
posted by graymouser at 1:23 PM on January 15, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by graymouser at 1:23 PM on January 15, 2016 [5 favorites]
My heart is pleased to see the Flying Hellfish being represented.
posted by Karaage at 1:23 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Karaage at 1:23 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
These are great. There really are some fairly obscure ones there. I say "Put it in H!" and "There's your answer fishbulb" often enough that I might save time by just getting tattoos of them. But if I was going to get one it'd most likely be Stonecutter related.
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 1:25 PM on January 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 1:25 PM on January 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
An amusing number of specific, obscure minor Simpsons gags. Which seem to outnumber not only the specific major gags, but the declasse Calvin-peeing type character plagiarisms, which are refreshingly small in number (The Wu-Tang one being the most common. Did not know about that as a thing.)
Someone should count up the references by season. They seem to follow the general consensus, not a lot of new stuff. (Of course, I'm biased because I am less able to identify refs from newer episodes.)
posted by dgaicun at 1:30 PM on January 15, 2016
Someone should count up the references by season. They seem to follow the general consensus, not a lot of new stuff. (Of course, I'm biased because I am less able to identify refs from newer episodes.)
posted by dgaicun at 1:30 PM on January 15, 2016
I hope the future will bring semipermanent tattoos - I love the look of sleeves on other people, but I don't know if I will on me five years later. Sometimes I think of all the 'profound' things I would have picked for a Tattoo ten years ago and cringe a little.
I think it might help to not overthink it so much. I have no tattoos, because I've always had the same thoughts as you. Meanwhile, my earrings have remained exactly the same gauge now at 34 that they were at 21, and I still have the septum piercing I got at 22.
Which really says to me that I probably should just take the plunge and get a tattoo already.
posted by explosion at 1:35 PM on January 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
I think it might help to not overthink it so much. I have no tattoos, because I've always had the same thoughts as you. Meanwhile, my earrings have remained exactly the same gauge now at 34 that they were at 21, and I still have the septum piercing I got at 22.
Which really says to me that I probably should just take the plunge and get a tattoo already.
posted by explosion at 1:35 PM on January 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
Nowadays, people aren't interested in art that's not tattooed on fat guys.
posted by Lorin at 1:44 PM on January 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by Lorin at 1:44 PM on January 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
Sometimes I think of all the 'profound' things I would have picked for a Tattoo ten years ago and cringe a little.
That’s part of the package. Not exactly a bug, kind of a feature. It’s committing to something, realizing you’re not immortal so it’s not really forever, you will change and you may or may not think it’s stupid later and you have no way of knowing, and you’re going to be OK with that and deal with it then. But you also may not want to get 666 tattooed across your forehead.
What explosion said.
posted by bongo_x at 1:47 PM on January 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
That’s part of the package. Not exactly a bug, kind of a feature. It’s committing to something, realizing you’re not immortal so it’s not really forever, you will change and you may or may not think it’s stupid later and you have no way of knowing, and you’re going to be OK with that and deal with it then. But you also may not want to get 666 tattooed across your forehead.
What explosion said.
posted by bongo_x at 1:47 PM on January 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
Welcome Thrillho is also good.
posted by Young Kullervo at 1:55 PM on January 15, 2016
posted by Young Kullervo at 1:55 PM on January 15, 2016
Whoever eventually invents the first fast, effective, affordable tattoo removal system is going to make an ass-ton of money.
Surprised that we haven't invented a more colorful and popular henna tattoo method.
posted by Apocryphon at 1:55 PM on January 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
Surprised that we haven't invented a more colorful and popular henna tattoo method.
posted by Apocryphon at 1:55 PM on January 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
The inkwork is pretty amazing, but there's just no way on God's Green Earth that I could get something pop culture oriented tattooed on myself. My fandom contains multitudes, and passes like a leaf on a stream, so I'd choose it, get it, and then immediately regret it.
posted by Major Matt Mason Dixon at 1:56 PM on January 15, 2016
posted by Major Matt Mason Dixon at 1:56 PM on January 15, 2016
Good job, MeFi, at finding a post about excellent tattoos that does not, somehow, make me want to get another one.
posted by jillithd at 1:59 PM on January 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by jillithd at 1:59 PM on January 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
I hope the future will bring semipermanent tattoos
Welcome to the world of tomorrow! (actually they've been around for a few years)
These inks have the pigments in microcapsules. One simple laser treatment can destroy the capsule lining, releasing the ink to be absorbed into your body.
You may have trouble finding a tattoo artist who will use them, though.
posted by rocket88 at 2:04 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Welcome to the world of tomorrow! (actually they've been around for a few years)
These inks have the pigments in microcapsules. One simple laser treatment can destroy the capsule lining, releasing the ink to be absorbed into your body.
You may have trouble finding a tattoo artist who will use them, though.
posted by rocket88 at 2:04 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
The first half are better than the second half.
posted by hot_monster at 2:05 PM on January 15, 2016
posted by hot_monster at 2:05 PM on January 15, 2016
I'm thoroughly impressed with some of these and I'm totally surprised at the relative lack of Kang and Kodos. I can't say that I'd get a Simpsons tattoo, but the one of Joey Ramone made me pause for a sec.
posted by Sophie1 at 2:08 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Sophie1 at 2:08 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
"What kind of slime would I marry?"
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 2:20 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 2:20 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Knowing that this is one of the most painful locations to be tattooed makes this Fighting Hellfish even better.
posted by box at 2:21 PM on January 15, 2016
posted by box at 2:21 PM on January 15, 2016
God forbid you should take up with someone named Bartholomew. Awkward.
Awkward, or maybe luck would have it that the particular Bartholomew you stumbled upon would love you forever for it.
posted by blucevalo at 2:23 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Awkward, or maybe luck would have it that the particular Bartholomew you stumbled upon would love you forever for it.
posted by blucevalo at 2:23 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
These are mostly terrific. Great as that episode was, though, I can't imagine having a giant "DIE BART, DIE" on my back forever. God forbid you should take up with someone named Bartholomew. Awkward.
Actually, it's German for "The Bart, The".
posted by Rissa at 2:36 PM on January 15, 2016 [19 favorites]
Actually, it's German for "The Bart, The".
posted by Rissa at 2:36 PM on January 15, 2016 [19 favorites]
What kind of last name is Awkward?
posted by bongo_x at 2:47 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by bongo_x at 2:47 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Is there a term for kind-of admiring someone while admitting you'd never, ever do what they did? Because that's how I feel about the person with a tattoo of Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo.
That's the worst name I've ever heard.
posted by entropicamericana at 2:49 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
That's the worst name I've ever heard.
posted by entropicamericana at 2:49 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
I'm not at all a tattoo person, but a lot of these are really quite good.
posted by lkc at 2:54 PM on January 15, 2016
posted by lkc at 2:54 PM on January 15, 2016
"What kind of last name is Awkward?"
It's ... uh ...
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posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 3:03 PM on January 15, 2016 [5 favorites]
It's ... uh ...
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posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 3:03 PM on January 15, 2016 [5 favorites]
MetaFilter: Pissing like a leaf in a stream.
posted by five fresh fish at 3:38 PM on January 15, 2016
posted by five fresh fish at 3:38 PM on January 15, 2016
There were more hand tattoos than I would have guessed, and the "eat my shorts" tattoos were pretty much all in one predictable spot.
posted by Dip Flash at 3:41 PM on January 15, 2016
posted by Dip Flash at 3:41 PM on January 15, 2016
One of the servers at my local Zambrero has "boo-urns" tattooed on her inner forearm. Never fails to brighten my day.
posted by paleyellowwithorange at 4:00 PM on January 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by paleyellowwithorange at 4:00 PM on January 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
How did I miss this?? HAMMOCKS!
Also, this one is pretty meta.
posted by Room 641-A at 4:14 PM on January 15, 2016
Also, this one is pretty meta.
posted by Room 641-A at 4:14 PM on January 15, 2016
Surprising number of Grimeys.
If I had to get one along these lines, I'd probably get the mark on the wall from the makeup gun.
posted by rhizome at 4:16 PM on January 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
If I had to get one along these lines, I'd probably get the mark on the wall from the makeup gun.
posted by rhizome at 4:16 PM on January 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
Came for Stupid Sexy Flanders, was not disappointed.
posted by plinth at 5:04 PM on January 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by plinth at 5:04 PM on January 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
I can't believe that Lenny-as-Lemmy one has even had time to heal yet, but I love it.
NOT LEMMY!!!
posted by Sys Rq at 5:11 PM on January 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
NOT LEMMY!!!
posted by Sys Rq at 5:11 PM on January 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
I knew a guy with a Fighting Hellfish on his forearm, like he was a member. It was pretty great.
posted by jeweled accumulation at 6:52 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by jeweled accumulation at 6:52 PM on January 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Surprising number of Grimeys
Yes!
posted by Frank Grimes at 8:24 PM on January 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
Yes!
posted by Frank Grimes at 8:24 PM on January 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
Guinness world record holder for most tattoos from a single animated series: full back tattoo of Simpsons characters here.
posted by carmicha at 7:38 AM on January 16, 2016
posted by carmicha at 7:38 AM on January 16, 2016
Worst tattoos ever
posted by ian1977 at 7:47 AM on January 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by ian1977 at 7:47 AM on January 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
full back tattoo
Meh. It's not even an Al Jaffee fold-in.
posted by Sys Rq at 9:36 AM on January 16, 2016
Meh. It's not even an Al Jaffee fold-in.
posted by Sys Rq at 9:36 AM on January 16, 2016
Come back, Joey Jo-Jo!
I'm not a tattoo fan as a general matter, but man, the specificity and dedication involved in some of these really blows me away. I'm burning to know more about this one. Three friends who all got the same tattoo? Or did a casting call go out?
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 7:11 PM on January 16, 2016
I'm not a tattoo fan as a general matter, but man, the specificity and dedication involved in some of these really blows me away. I'm burning to know more about this one. Three friends who all got the same tattoo? Or did a casting call go out?
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 7:11 PM on January 16, 2016
Ah, and of course they have MeFi's own stupidsexyFlanders.
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 7:25 PM on January 16, 2016
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 7:25 PM on January 16, 2016
I'm burning to know more about this one. Three friends who all got the same tattoo?
That episode was a hallmark in pre-South Park, pre-Portlandia animated social satire mocking liberals. I like the Gummi Venus de Milo simply as a fan of candy, but I can see where it could be a symbol of more in certain circles based on the plot of the episode.
posted by rhizome at 9:12 PM on January 16, 2016
That episode was a hallmark in pre-South Park, pre-Portlandia animated social satire mocking liberals. I like the Gummi Venus de Milo simply as a fan of candy, but I can see where it could be a symbol of more in certain circles based on the plot of the episode.
posted by rhizome at 9:12 PM on January 16, 2016
Great meaning large or immense / We use it in the pejorative sense!
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 9:50 PM on January 16, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 9:50 PM on January 16, 2016 [2 favorites]
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